Algernon Sidney Quotes
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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I manage my business; politicians are doing their business. I can only work within their rules and regulations. I can't pick up a political fight.
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In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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If I say 'Find me an interesting painting' to Google, someday a robot could go around the Picasso museum and take a picture for me.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you'd like, and it will just rise up again.
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If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me. I don't feel frightened; I feel challenged.
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It's hard to win awards if there are no roles.
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Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
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From here in Iowa, it seems to be the wealthy and big corporations get enough help.
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This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
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God helps those who help themselves.
